Continue to Site

Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet

Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals

  • Congratulations GregLocock on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Symmetrical ret. wall analysis

Status
Not open for further replies.

thenley

Civil/Environmental
Apr 11, 2006
6
I'm checking the design on a cantilevered retaining wall with equal quantities of steel at equal distances from each face (e.g. #6 bars at 12" o.c., centered 3.5" from each wall face). In looking through the analysis equations, since the steel areas are equal, a couple of quantities drop to zero, giving less flexural strength than if I were to ignore the compression steel. Is this right, or is there another way of going about this?
 
Replies continue below

Recommended for you

The addition of compression steel should not diminish the flexural strength of the wall. You might want to look at your analysis again.

Dik
 
Inore the compression steel. It is generally included only for T&S. The designer probably could have used #5's, but y making the walls symetrical, it can't be reversed. In the rare case the compression can not be carried by the concrete alone, then the compression steel would contribute.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Part and Inventory Search

Sponsor